Consolidated Financing Liabilities

The following table sets forth the composition of EADS’ consolidated financing liabilities, including both short-and long-term debt, as of 31st December 2007:

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(1)

This figure reflects the €677 million effect of the netting of defeased bank deposits against sales financing liabilities.

(2)

Financing liabilities include non-recourse Airbus debt for €859 million.

 

31st December 2007

(in €m)

Not
exceeding
1 year

1 year
up to
5 years

More than
5 years

Total

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds/Commercial paper

579

1,039

430

2,048

Liabilities to financial institutions

108

301

651

1,060

Loans

183

166

382

731

Liabilities to affiliated companies

163

-

-

163

Finance Leases

69

52

69

190(1)

Others

622

-

-

622

Total

1,724

1,558

1,532

4,814(2)

The outstanding balance of financing liabilities decreased from €5.8 billion at 31st December 2006 to €4.8 billion at 31st December 2007. Financing liabilities include liabilities connected with sales financing transactions, which totalled €1,356 million at 31st December 2007. See “Sales Financing”. Of this total, €396 million bore interest at a fixed rate of 9.88% while the remainder bore interest primarily at variable rates.

EMTN Programme. EADS currently has a €3 billion Euro Medium Term Note (“EMTN”) Programme in place. In 2003, it conducted an initial €1.0 billion issue of notes maturing in 2010 and bearing interest at 4.625% (effective interest rate: 4.686%), which was later swapped into a variable rate of 3-month EURIBOR plus 1.02%. Later in 2003, it issued an additional €0.5 billion of notes maturing in 2018 and bearing interest at 5.5% (effective interest rate: 5.6%), which was swapped during 2005 into a variable rate of 3-month EURIBOR plus 1.81%.

European Investment Bank Loan. In 2004, the European Investment Bank granted a long-term loan to EADS in the amount of U.S.$421 million at an interest rate of 5.1% (effective interest rate: 5.1%).

Commercial Paper Programme. EADS regularly issues commercial paper on a rolling basis, under a so-called “billet de trésorerie” programme. This commercial paper bears interest at fixed or floating rates with individual maturities ranging from 1 day to 12 months. As of 31st December 2007, the average interest rate on these borrowings was 4.54%. The issued volume at 31st December 2007 amounted to €501 million. The programme has been in place since 2003 and has a maximum authorised volume limit of €2 billion.